The Democracy Forum and TDF President Lord Bruce invite you to a live webinar, ‘Doublespeak & double standards: Pakistan’s take on Islamophobia’ on Wednesday May 25, 2022 at 2-4pm UK time Moderator Humphrey Hawksley, Author & former BBC Asia correspondent Panellists Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist and activist Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, correspondent for The Diplomat Speaker for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Rachel Tretheway
Bright, attractive and well-connected, in any other family the Churchill sisters – Diana, Sarah, Marigold and Mary – would have shone. But they were not in any other family, they were Churchills and neither they nor anyone else could ever forget it. From their father – ‘the greatest Englishman’ – to their brother, golden boy […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Helen McGinn
Helen McGinn is married with three children and lives in the New Forest with too many dogs and a needy cat. She is also hopeless with a hangover, a condition which inspired her creating The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, an award-winning blog and best-selling wine book. What authority does she have to author such a title? […]
Read MoreInternational Thriller Writers ThrillerFest
ThrillerFest is the annual conference of the International Thriller Writers. This unique, popular, and rapidly expanding organization was created in 2005 by several bestselling authors in order to bring thousands of writers, readers, publishers, producers, editors, and agents together to promote and support thriller authors everywhere. GOOGLE, EXPERTS OR TRAVEL? Researching Your Novel Panel Master: […]
Read MoreInternational Thriller Writers CraftFest Class
ThrillerFest is the annual conference of the International Thriller Writers. This unique, popular, and rapidly expanding organization was created in 2005 by several bestselling authors in order to bring thousands of writers, readers, publishers, producers, editors, and agents together to promote and support thriller authors everywhere.
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Darina Allen
Darina is a passionate and committed teacher, and a tireless ambassador for Irish food both at home and abroad, holding a string of positions in leading food organizations. They include being on the Taste Council of Irish Food Board, the chair of Artisan Food Forum of Food Safety Authority of Ireland, a trustee of the […]
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Book of the Month with Humphrey: Candide by Voltaire
In Candide, Voltaire threw down an audacious challenge to the philosophical views of the Enlightenment to create one of the most glorious satires of the eighteenth century. His eponymous hero is an innocent young man whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that ‘all is for the best’. But when his love for the […]
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